"What a pity..."
Duan Bo’s heart was filled with regret.
"Duan Bo, I thought I saw my sister just now," Lin Xin suddenly asked.
"Miss Yaoyang was accompanying important guests, she just happened to pass by here temporarily," Duan Bo replied with a smile.
"I heard that you’re the Chief Instructor for the Secret Blood practitioners?"
Lin Xin suddenly asked again.
"Yes... Young Master, what would you like to say?" Duan Bo was sowhat curious; he couldn’t quite guess what was going through the mind of this child, Lin Xin.
"Can those who practice the Full and Waning Sword Technique invoke the Heaven and Earth’s Elental Energy?" Lin Xin asked in a low voice.
"They cannot; that is a sword technique with a different purpose," Duan Bo shook his head.
"Later, can you let witness the power of the Full and Waning Sword Technique?" Lin Xin narrowed his eyes, revealing a mature and serious expression.
"Of course, once Young Master’s Rushing Thunder Swordsmanship reaches the required level, I can arrange for you to spar with a Secret Blood practitioner," Duan Bo said with a smile. The Secret Blood practitioners would eventually form Miss Lin Yaoyang’s retinue, so building a good relationship with young master Moon in advance was also sothing he was willing to do.
"Then let’s agree on that."
Lin Xin confird lightly.
Yuan Wanqing shook her head slightly; she didn’t like little Sherie being so fixated on martial arts, yet she couldn’t find the words to oppose it at that mont.
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At night, in the courtyard.
Lin Xin stood in the middle of the courtyard with his sword, the sliver of Thunder Energy he had absorbed during the day was now crazily circulating within his body. A thin layer of blue was faintly coating the inner walls of his ridians.
This was clearly the key to the Rushing Thunder Sword Technique.
"The First Layer of the Rushing Thunder Sword has only five positions; once mastered they flow into one another, executed seamlessly."
Lin Xin held the sword and bowed, embracing the sword blade upon his chest.
This was his first official day of contact with a human cultivation technique, so naturally he was incredibly serious. Every mont, his powerful spiritual power continually analyzed and observed every change occurring in his body.
Even if the Rushing Thunder Sword were inferior, after all, it was a sword technique that could invoke the Heaven and Earth’s Elental Energy, and the Lin Family was still a world-dominating noble clan. With just a bit of analysis, he understood that this Rushing Thunder Sword Technique was not as simple as he had anticipated.
So diligent cultivation was essential.
Embrace the sword.
Turn around.
Crouch low.
Adjust breathing.
Twist back.
These five positions, when strung together consecutively, Lin Xin only tried twice and had thoroughly mastered the trick to it.
The ability for Skill Manifestation quickly took effect, he repeated the practice three more tis, and his movents and posture had already reached perfection.
Only then did he begin to thrust the sword after another movent.
Embrace the sword.
Turn around.
Crouch low.
Adjust breathing.
Twist back!
Shiik!!
The sword blade thrust forward, like a flash of silver light.
A faint snapping sound spread through the air.
The sword blade precisely struck a wooden stake that had been prepared on one side.
Crack.
A gap as thick as a pinky finger appeared on the surface of the wood where the gap was also interspersed with a faint scorch mark.
"A very simple sword technique," Lin Xin evaluated as he sheathed his sword.
It was a pity that no one witnessed this scene; Duan Bo had gone for a walk with Yuan Wanqing, Lin Yaoyang hadn’t returned yet. Lin Shizaki and his friends had gone out to play gas.
His father, Lin Hao, often wasn’t at ho, so except for the guards and maids, Lin Xin was alone.
Since he was practicing a family sword technique not to be disclosed, the guards and maids could only wait outside and were not allowed to watch.
"The sword technique is mastered. Now it is about using repeated practice to accelerate the flow of Thunder Energy, and in doing so, achieve the result of penetrating through the Qi Gate," Lin Xin once again posed in the starting position of the sword technique and began to practice it over and over.
His speed beca faster and more urgent, eventually rging fluidly like water.
Soon, when his speed reached a certain level, a muffled sound ca from within his body.
It seed as if sothing had been struck by the Thunder Energy, breaking through.
Lin Xin confird this was the sa sensation as breaking through a Qi Gate, and then he slowly stopped.
"This is the entrance to the realm," he confird in his heart.
He felt the Thunder Energy within him, very violent, cold, like a wild bull rampaging through his ridians.
Soone with a slightly weaker physique really might not be able to withstand it.
Lin Xin estimated that one would need at least an adult-like constitution to safely withstand the impact of the Thunder Energy.
If not enough, then it would just be a matter of luck.
He walked over to the side of the courtyard, where there were records of the secret manuals for the subsequent levels of the Rushing Thunder Sword, as well as very detailed cultivation annotations and notes.
There was a thickness akin to a large brick’s worth, and this was just the secret manual for the First Layer of the Rushing Thunder Sword.
He flipped it open and looked inside; it detailed the configurations of the Thunder Talismans for the First Layer of practice, their patterns, and how to delineate them, including many fine details, tips and points to note which were very precise.
"Each layer requires the condensing of one hundred and eight Thunder Talismans, eventually forming a Thunder Chart.
Here is a detailed explanation of the condensing process for all one hundred and eight Thunder Talismans, each ti the process is different." Even now, Lin Xin couldn’t help but genuinely admire the creator of the Rushing Thunder Sword Technique.
The Thunder Talismans given in the First Layer were simple and basic, but the one hundred and eight tis of condensing that sa talisman, resulting in one hundred and eight runes, were not all exactly alike, each had subtle differences.
This level of difficulty required extrely delicate perception to control and distinguish. If one made a mistake, that would result in the complete destruction of the Thunder Talisman, and all previous efforts would be wasted.
No wonder it is regarded as the Lin Family’s legacy swordsmanship; the difficulty alone is enough to intimidate most.
Lin Xin flipped through the book of the First Layer, his potent Qi-Blood and spiritual power allowing him to easily morize the content with just a cursory glance.
Even now, in a different body, without the aftereffects of the Yu Mansion or the amplification of his high comprehension, he was still far beyond the limits of so-called geniuses.
An hour later, he had turned the last page of the thick to of the First Layer.
Lin Xin stood still, eyes closed, as the trace of Thunder Energy within his body began to circulate with a faint sense of pattern.
He had thoroughly understood the entire First Layer. How to condense the 108 different Thunder Talismans was sothing he had simulated in his mind several tis, achieving perfect results every ti.
"Now all that’s missing is the Yin Yang Thunder Energy, and I’ll be able to smoothly enter the First Layer," Lin Xin estimated, opening his eyes.
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The next day, at the Training Tower of the Lin Clan in Moon City.
Both those with Secret Blood and ordinary Rushing Thunder Sword Cultivators of the clan needed to co here to obtain and collect resources for cultivation practice.
The Training Tower was specially established by the Lin Family, one of the high towers that distributed cultivation resources and various martial challenges.
The current Tower Master was actually Lin Yaoyang.
Lin Xin ca here early in the morning the next day. The difficulty of the Rushing Thunder Swordsmanship wasn’t great for him, so he planned to see how many layers he could ascend to in one go.
He went directly to the Training Tower, where the most ample resources were available. Even if he were to break through to a very high level, he would be able to find all 108 corresponding Thunder Talismans and Thunder Charts for the Rushing Thunder Sword here.
Lin Xin looked up at the black tower that was hundreds of ters tall and, flanked by two guards, strode into the tower gate.
"Why do you have free ti to co here today?" Lin Yaoyang had already received the news and stood at the entrance of the First Layer, smiling at Lin Xin.
"I’ve mastered the First Layer of the Rushing Thunder Sword," Lin Xin said indifferently.
As soon as he spoke, the smile on Lin Yaoyang’s face froze montarily.
A few custors nearby who heard the conversation looked over in surprise. The First Layer of the Rushing Thunder Sword wasn’t considered a profound realm; mastery of it wasn’t a big deal, so why did such a statent seem to deeply affect her?
But clan mbers who knew the inside story began to whisper explanations.
Upon learning that Lin Sherie, the young master of the main house, had only started learning the Rushing Thunder Sword Technique yesterday and had already made a breakthrough today, most people were incredulous.
"He must have studied it secretly beforehand," soone muttered quietly.
"Even if he did study it in advance, how old is he?"
"Who knows? With countless resources at the main house’s disposal, it would be easy to prepare in advance or to have so treasure that shortens the ti."
"Co with ," said Lin Yaoyang, who was very clear about whether her brother had practiced beforehand.
Her expression beca serious as she took Lin Xin by the arm and activated her Qinggong. The two moved at extre speed and reached the Fifth Layer in a few monts.
Upon entering a very large, spacious practice field, Lin Yaoyang set Lin Xin down.
"Show ," she said softly.
Lin Xin nodded and casually pulled a longsword from a nearby weapons rack.
The five fundantal stances flowed naturally and culminated in a swift thrust.
The sound of thunder cracked and snapped.
Shi!
The blade made a piercing sound as it sliced through the air.
"Judging by the way the Thunder Energy is circulating, you’ve indeed reached the First Layer," Lin Yaoyang acknowledged as she clapped her hands. Imdiately, a masked man ascended the stairs, bringing several Thunder Vials.
"Here. Absorb them," she said, passing the Thunder Vials to Lin Xin.
Lin Xin didn’t waste words. He took them, opened the lids, and began absorbing the contents.
The Thunder Energy surged violently into his body, but it caused no harm to his already balanced attributes.
In just over a dozen breaths, all the Thunder Energy was absorbed.
Lin Xin opened his eyes; there was little change in his bearing, but the look in his eyes had beco increasingly piercing.
"The Thunder Talismans are condensed," he declared, leaping back with his sword and swinging it through the air in a flash of sword light. The Sword Light contorted his body into a variety of strange postures.
After a few dozen breaths, Lin Xin abruptly stopped.
Lin Yaoyang’s eyes narrowed sharply.
She could clearly feel a distinctly different aura of the Thunder Chart being released from her brother’s body. He really had mastered the First Layer of the Rushing Thunder Sword!
Others didn’t know, but she was very aware that to form a Thunder Chart...
"It would take at least five years... to master..."
She felt her throat drying up, her voice noticeably hoarse.
What took others five years to achieve, her brother had accomplished in one night.
Is this genius?
No... this is no longer considered a genius... this is a monster!
"Give the secret text of the Second Layer," Lin Xin demanded, his eyes hinting at a shade of blue as he looked at her.
Lin Yaoyang swallowed hard, then had soone bring over the secret text of the Second Layer and threw it to Lin Xin to read for himself.
After an hour...
Lin Xin had thoroughly mastered the Second Layer, too, and after absorbing the Second Layer’s Thunder Energy, he easily condensed the 108 different Thunder Talismans and finally ford the Thunder Chart. His entire person was now faintly emanating an aura of thunder and lightning.
"Give the Third Layer," Lin Xin said, expressionless, as he looked at her again.
Lin Yaoyang stared at Lin Xin, unable to speak for a long mont.
Only after a good while did she manage to speak slowly.
"Little brother... I’ve suddenly realized that compared to you, I’m damn well just a pig!"
Lin Yaoyang’s face was flushed at this point, feeling as if her head were about to explode.
"How could that be, you’re just stupid, there’s still a gap between you and a pig," Lin Xin responded indifferently, his comnt light and airy.
"Alright, hurry up and give the Third Layer."
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